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Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a bicycle kick which was outrageous even by his standards to lead Real Madrid to an emphatic 3-0 win away to Juventus in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg on Tuesday.
With his back to goal, Ronaldo launched himself nearly 2 feet into the air to meet Dani Carvajal`s chipped ball and produced a perfectly-executed bicycle shot which flew past keeper Gianluigi Buffon rooted to his spot and put Real 2-0 ahead.
The Portuguese had got Real off the mark with a third-minute goal, scoring for a record 10th successive Champions League game, and Marcelo was also on target as Juve`s five-year unbeaten home record in European competition crumbled. A red card for playmaker Paulo Dybala in the 66th minute completed a miserable evening for the Serie A champions, beaten 4-1 by Real in last season`s Champions League final.
“When you play against sides like this, you need a little bit of luck and, more than anything else, to meet Ronaldo on a bad night,” said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri.
“I am disappointed with the third goal because we should have tried to keep it down to 2-0 and then try to achieve something remarkable in Madrid.”
The goal marked the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s record 119th in the competition and earned him appreciative applause from Juventus fans immediately afterward.
“[It was a] great goal. What can I say? Fantastic,” Ronaldo said. “I didn’t expect to score that goal. “But let’s speak about the game. I think the game was amazing. And we scored three goals against Juve — a great team.
“We played nice and of course I’m happy I helped the team, I scored two goals — [it was] a great night.” said Ronaldo.
